PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peripheral Nervous System, Lauryn Hill, Propranolol
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Lecture 3 biological foundations and the mind and. Memories change as their brought out and stored: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind; interrupting reconsolidation of memories, scientifically possible to interrupt reconsolidation so as to erase memories. Has important implications for ptsd, addiction, phobias, obsessive behaviours, eating disorders: all disorders that are extremely difficult to treat, reconsolidation and memory studies can help with this. Memory: chemical changes that make neurons more strongly connected. Stronger connection = able to communicate more efficiently. Neurons communicate by sending chemical messages that bind receptors. Therefore stronger connection = more receptors between 2 neurons. Memory = add more receptors between 2 neurons. Forgetting = lose receptors between 2 neurons. Memories are very malleable, every time you remember something it is a chance to: change information in memory, update memory with new info, erase memory, strengthen memory. Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. : lauryn hill.
